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RACK. No. 366,739. Patented July 19,1887.

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THOMAS IY. RYAN, OF ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN.

RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 366,739, dated July 19, 1887.

Application tiled April 21, 1887. Serial No. 235,719. (Model.)

T0 all whom may concern:

Beit known that I, THOMAS XV. RYAN, of St. Clair, in the county of St. Clair and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new article ot manufacture which I consider to be new and useful. For the stowage of bottles, wall-pau per, and other articles of merchandise openended racks of a costly character, rigid, and heavy are erected. `It removal becomes necessary, it is usually the case that such racks must be taken to pieces in order to facilitate the operation. rIhis removal therefore becomes vexations and costly.

The objectief the present invention is to so construct a rack for the purposes mentioned and those of an analogous kind that it will be comparatively inexpensive to build, will be light, easily moved, and capable ot' being folded into a small space for shipment.

rIhe invention consists in the peculiar con struction ofthe various parts and their combination in a new article of manufacture, as more fully hereinafter described, shown, and claimed.

Figure I is a frontrelevation of my improved rack as it appears in use. Fig. 2 is a crossseetion ofthe saine at any ofthe points of intersection of a series of the bars.`

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, A represents what is usually denominated lazy-tongs, composed oi as many crossing slats I) as may be desired, and they are constructed in the usual way, except that the pivotal points of intersection are secured together by long bolts b instead of theusual rivets. The length of these bolts depends upon how many ot' these lazy-tongs are to be employed to give the desired depth to the pigeon-holes or compartments of the rack. .For instance, for a bottle-rack the number of these lazy-tongs should be less than the number employed for a wall-paper rack, so that the number should be proportioned to the depth required in the compartments. The required number ot'such tongs being prepared, each being a perfect counterpart ot' the other, the slats forming the same are secured together at their points of intersection by the bolts b. A thimble, c, is sleeved upon each bolt to hold the lazy-tongs apart, so that if four of such tongs were employed with thimbles an inch in length the required depth of about six inches would be had, which would be the depth proper for the stowage of ordinary bottles upon the sides thereof, and leaving the necks protruding from the compartments. For the stowage ot' wallpaper a greater number of sueh tongs would be required, connected by longer bolts and intervening thimblcs.

In order to hold the rack in its extended position, I sometimes secure around the edge, as shown in Fig. I, a light frame or strips, d, which can be secured in place by simply removing the nuts from thc bolts b, slippingthe strips d (which should be provided with holes for that purpose) over the ends of the bolts, and replacing the nuts. XVhcn the rack is to be packed for shipment or for other purposes, the frame is removed. Casters e may be secured to the bottom one of these strips, or to the slats I), as may be desired, for the pur pose of raising the rack from the floor. Dogs D are pivoted to the cud strips, d, for the purpose ot' anchoring the rack in any desired position; but when the casters are not used the dogs will not be necessary.

That I claim as my invention is A new article ot' lnanutacturc consisting ol a number of lazy-tongs, theinterseetions ot' each heilig secured pivotally together by bolts common to all the tongs, and upon which thimbles are sleeved to hold the sections otl the rack apart, substantially as described.

THOMAS \V. RYAN. IVitnesscs:

XVM. BLACK, J. II. JoNEs. 

